Freelance Traveller

Freelance Traveller is a Traveller resource—it says so right up in our masthead.  Nevertheless, there are role-playing products out there that are not Traveller, but which could be said to have an affinity for the Traveller player or referee—products that can be used as a source of inspiration, or as transition products, or which can be adapted for use with Traveller.  Those aren’t really our toys, as Traveller fans; they’re other people’s toys. But we can take a look at them here...

• 100 Sci-Fi Adventure Seeds (Jeff Zeitlin) Ideas, in a handy package
• Starblazer Adventures ("kafka") FATE-based Space Opera
• Diaspora: Hard Science Fiction Role-Playing with FATE (Jeff Zeitlin) Traveller, in a Narrativist system, with the serial numbers filed off
• Stars Without Number ("kafka") Traveller meets D&D
• Derelict Starships (Jeff Zeitlin) When you need a hulk, rather than a ship
• Mindjammer: The Roleplaying Game (Jeff Zeitlin) Transhumanist FATE
• Mindjammer: The Roleplaying Game ("kafka") Narrativism and Transhumanism in one toolkit
• Game Master's Guide: How To Run Fast & Exciting Combats (Timothy Collinson) Tips for running combat more effectively.
• Starting Points: World Building (Megan Robertson) The non-programmatic version of a computerized world-building aid.
• Afterday (Timothy Collinson) Putting it all together for after it's all fallen apart
• Terran Trade Authority (David Schneider) A disappointing re-release
• Ashen Stars Limited Edition ("kafka") Space Opera, the GUMSHOE way
• Call of Cthulhu: Investigator Weapons ("kafka") Well-researched information on weapons
• The Planet Construction Kit (Jeff Zeitlin) Information-dense, but accessible
• 43 Space Opera Adventure Seeds (Jeff Zeitlin) A potentially useful collection that could have stood some improvement
• Pip System Corebook (Jeff Zeitlin) An easy-to-grasp system, good for pick-ups and introducing children to RPGs
• Legendary Dune: A Look at the Roleplaying Game and the Film (Timothy Collinson) A classic of SF, brought to life in two different ways
• Traveller: 2300 (Megan Robertson) A different game, a different setting, but it stands the test of time
• BenzNote Hex Grid Index Cards (Timothy Collinson) Sold for chemistry study; used for Traveller
• Legal Systems Very Different From Ours (Jeff Zeitlin) Not written for world-building, but a useful resource for it.